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Free Plugin by Scott Reilly v1.9.6

Admin Commenters Comments Count

Displays a count of each commenter's total number of comments (linked to those comments) next to their name on any admin page.

Admin Commenters Comments Count

The facts

Rating
5★ from 8
Active installs
100+
Price
Free
Last updated
2 May 2021
Added
Jun 2009
Requires WP
4.6
Tested up to
WP 5.7.17
Downloads
19,395

Our analysis

AI-assisted

Admin Commenters Comments Count is a WordPress plugin that displays the number of comments made by each commenter in the admin interface. It adds a comments bubble next to each commenter's name, showing both approved and pending comments, allowing for quick identification of first-time and returning commenters.

This plugin is useful for site administrators who want to manage comments more effectively by providing immediate visibility into a commenter's history. It links to a listing of all comments associated with each commenter, which can help in assessing their contributions and understanding their previous interactions.

Best for: Site administrators looking to improve comment management.

What it does well

  • Displays comment counts next to each commenter's name
  • Links to listings of approved and moderated comments
  • Helps identify first-time and returning commenters
  • Enhances comment management in the WordPress admin

Where it falls short

  • Potential inaccuracies if commenters do not provide email addresses
  • Limited to use in the WordPress admin interface

Verdict

This plugin provides a straightforward way to track commenter activity in the admin area, enhancing the comment moderation process.

From the developer

Scott Reilly's own description of Admin Commenters Comments Count, lightly tidied.

Next to all appearances of each commenter’s name in the admin, this plugin shows a comments bubble identical to the one shown for posts in the admin listing of posts. The comments bubble shows the number of approved comments for that person and potentially a red superscript circle indicating the number of pending comments for the person (assuming they have any). The comment counts are linked to listings of comments associated solely with that particular commenter.

By default in WordPress, it is not possible to tell via a single glance whether a particular commenter has commented before or how many times the’ve commented.

This plugin adds this handy capability to the WordPress admin pages that allows you to:

  • Quickly identify a first-time commenter
  • Quickly identify unfamiliar commenters that have in fact commented before
  • Quickly see how many total comments a particular commenter has made, and how many comments are pending
  • Easily navigate to a listing of all approved comments and all moderated comments by a commenter, in order to see what post and when they last commented (or first commented), get a feel for the nature of their comments, or find something they’ve said in the past

Specifically, the linked comment count appears next to commenters in:

  • The “Comments” listing of comments (including comment search results)
  • The “Comments for ‘POST_TITLE'” listing of post-specific comments
  • The “Discussion” box of the “Edit Post” page for a post with comments
  • The “Recent Comments” admin dashboard widget
  • The “Users” listing of users (as the column “Comments”)

Commenters are identified by the email address they provided when commenting. If your site does not require that commenters submit their email address when commenting, this plugin will use the commenter’s name as the identifier, though since this is a publicly viewable piece of data it’s possible that multiple people could be posting under the same “name”, so this method has the potential to be not as accurate.

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